The Guardian, Part 2
by: AW
Date: September 2016
Pairing: J/C, P/T
Rating: MA
Length: 5,204 words
She had watched Tom and B'Elanna walk out of the mess hall. B'Elanna had given her a lot to think about. They really didn't care that she was as human as the rest of them?
She knew it was true: Chakotay wouldn't forgive her if she aborted. This was his child, his future.
She found herself in the airponics bay and she sat amongst the plants.
She heard the door opening and looked up to see Kes walking in.
Kes looked around the airponics bay. She sensed someone was there but saw no one around.
Seeing and sensing were two completely different things. She closed her eyes and tried to pinpoint the essence of who was there.
Whoever it was, they were troubled.
She sighed and felt the temptation of the person to run.
Whoever it was, they were troubled and afraid.
She felt the fear, the anxiety and the dread. She felt before she heard the tears begin. As she rounded the corner she saw the Captain.
"Captain? What's wrong?"
The Captain wiped her face trying to remove any remnants of tears from her face. "Nothing's wrong. I'm fine."
Kes stared at the Captain and felt the terror of not knowing what she was doing.
The Captain who was always in control and who always had all the answers was floundering.
Kes looked at the Captain concerned and tried to understand the emotional state and the moods she was feeling from the indestructible and fearless Captain Janeway.
Kathryn stared at the Ocampan woman, not three years old and yet wise beyond her years.
"Captain; do you want to talk about what's bothering you?"
She stared at Kes, "I'm pregnant. It wasn't planned it was a total accident."
Kes smiled, "That's wonderful."
Kathryn shook her head. "I can't have a baby. It won't work."
Kes looked at her, "Why won't it work? Why can't you have this baby?" She stared at her confused. "You made this baby. What does its father think?"
Kathryn drew in a deep breath. "The Commander is ecstatic. He wants this child so badly. He thinks we can make it work."
"What makes you think that you can't make it work?"
Kathryn hesitated. "I'm the Captain. He's my First Officer. What if something goes wrong? What if I lose this baby? Will he ever forgive me? Will I ever forgive myself?"
She smiled at the Captain. "You made the baby together so obviously something worked. As for will he forgive you if you lose the baby? What makes you think you won't make it to the end of the pregnancy?"
Kathryn sighed. "I was pregnant with Mark's baby when we got stranded in the Delta Quadrant. When we were experimented on by the Caretaker, I lost the child. I was only six weeks pregnant. I never forgave myself and Mark never knew. Now here I am two years later pregnant with another man's child. Not only am I pregnant with another man's child – he's a Maquis felon and he's my First Officer."
"Captain, I think you're thinking too hard about things that no longer matter."
Kathryn shook her head, "How can you say it no longer matters? There is still dissention among the crew; we just got back from being stranded on a planet because one former member of Chakotay's crew turned against us. How can we be sure that this is going to work?"
"How do you ever know that anything is going to work? I think you need to speak with Chakotay about this, I think you're thinking too hard about things that don't matter."
Kathryn nodded and turned to leave the aeropnics bay. "Oh and by the way Captain. Congratulations."
Kathryn nodded her thanks and moved towards the door and made her way back to her quarters were and hopefully Chakotay would still be waiting for her.
She entered her quarters and saw Chakotay slumbering on her couch. She walked up to him and brought her feather light touches along his cheek. He slowly woke. "Kathryn?"
"I need to apologize for being so unsure about the baby, about us. I want this so badly, it just scares the hell out of me. I have been pregnant before."
Chakotay shook his head, "What happened to the child?"
"I was pregnant with Mark's child when we came to the Delta Quadrant, but she didn't make it through the tests by the Caretaker. I was only six weeks along, so there really wasn't anything that could be done."
Chakotay stared at the woman he loved. "I had no idea."
"No one did. It's not exactly something you announce. It was only supposed to be a three week mission and then I was going to go home, get married have the baby and probably take a desk job until our child was old enough to go to school or be left with a nanny or anything, I hadn't thought that far ahead. I should have a two year old daughter right now."
He brought her in for a hug. "So destroying the array had very real consequences for you."
"I was still pregnant. The baby had died but I didn't know that until after wards." She sighed, "I just don't want our baby to suffer the same fate because I'm the Captain and this is a very dangerous job."
He put his hand down to her belly. "Nothing is going to happen to our baby. We just have to be more careful. You won't go on any dangerous away missions and we don't tell the crew until you're in the safe zone past 12 weeks."
Kathryn nodded and began weeping. "This is probably my last chance to have a baby. I hope Starfleet understands when we get back. I hope Mark understands. I hope my mom understands-"
Chakotay wondered about the woman who seemed to hold the weight of the world on her shoulders.
Kathryn was an enigma. She was like an onion that kept getting the layers peeled away revealing more and more of the woman underneath.
He began stroking her hair and his other hand went to rest on her belly. "Nothing will happen to this baby. I will keep you both safe."
Kathryn sniffled and nodded. "I think that we should start planning the wedding. I want to get the marriage taken care of while I can still fit in a wedding dress."
Chakotay nodded and took out a pad and the planning began.
[2 WEEKS LATER – JANEWAY QUARTERS]
B'Elanna stared at the Captain. She looked so beautiful and so much less like the Captain today.
Today was her wedding day. She and the Commander were going to be wed. Janeway had asked B'Elanna to be her maid of honour. She had graciously accepted and was now getting her ready for the big day.
Kathryn stared at her chief engineer, "Can you tell?"
B'Elanna shook her head. "Not yet, how far along are you now?"
"Ten weeks. I suppose give it another month and there will be no hiding the fact that I have a baby growing in here. Were the crew surprised by the fact that we chose to we so fast?"
B'Elanna smirked. "I think everyone saw the chemistry between you two from the minute he transported onto your bridge."
"Well it's our bridge now, and I know. I was attracted to him from the moment I saw him; but I was engaged to Mark. I was pregnant with his baby. In my mind it was a done deal."
B'Elanna got a shocked look on her face and her jaw dropped. "I knew you were engaged but I had no idea that you were pregnant when we got to the Delta Quadrant."
Janeway nodded, "Well I don't want to get into that now, I don't want to start crying and ruin my makeup."
"Fair enough. You'll have to tell me about that someday. When we were all trapped in the Delta Quadrant by you, we assumed you were one of those idealistic Starfleet Captain who had nothing left for her in the Alpha Quadrant; but you had more to lose then any of us."
Kathryn nodded, "Well let's get going shall we? Chakotay and Tom will be waiting for us in the mess hall."
B'Elanna nodded and led the way.
[MESS HALL – WEDDING DAY]
Chakotay stared at Tom. "You have the wedding rings?"
Tom stared at Chakotay. "Would I be that careless?"
Chakotay glared at Tom. "With the way you've been acting lately –"
"Kathryn hasn't spoken to you about that?"
"Well she said that you can be trusted and so can B'Elanna. I trust her with my life therefore if she says that you two can be trusted: I trust her."
Tom stared at the man who had once been his enemy but who he was now the best man to. "Talk to her about this, I'm sure you'll understand everything then."
Chakotay gave him an odd look then nodded. He would talk to Kathryn about this later.
He turned around and saw that his bride was entering the mess hall. She was beautiful.
The white dress hugged her in all the right places and her red hair cascaded down he back in beautiful waves. The makeup was beautiful it brought out her big bright blue eyes and the makeup curved her high cheekbones in just the right way.
B'Elanna was a magician when it came to makeup.
The crowd took a large intake of breath as Kathryn walked down the aisle towards Chakotay.
He sighed staring at the woman that was going to be his wife and the mother of his child.
She came up to him and took his hands.
Tuvok was going to do the ceremony she had transferred Command to Tuvok for the meantime to perform the ceremony then it would be transferred back to Kathryn after the wedding was performed legally.
After today Chakotay and Kathryn would be husband and wife.
The Command couple bringing Voyager home to Earth.
Tuvok took the conversation for a second and looked at Chakotay. "Do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife under federation law?"
Chakotay stared at Kathryn and took the ring that was handed to him by Tom. "I do."
"And do you Kathryn Janeway take Chakotay to be your lawfully wedded husband under federation law?"
She took the matching ring handed to her by Tom. "I do."
"Then under Federation law I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride."
There was hooting and hollering, as they kissed for the first time as husband and wife. Tom patted Chakotay on the shoulder. "Congratulations you two."
B'Elanna rushed up and hugged Kathryn then Chakotay. "Congratulations."
Kathryn took Chakotay's hand and they walked out of the mess hall and towards their quarters.
They entered their quarters and immediately she brought her lips up to his.
He began taking her dress down. "Finally that dress just fits and it's a good thing we didn't wait too long, my hips have begun widening."
He stared at her still seeing her trim body. "I don't think you've gained any weight."
Kathryn scoffed, "I've put on five pounds already."
Chakotay looked her up and down. "You're still the most beautiful woman I've ever seen."
She laughed, "Glad you think so I'm married to you now."
He continued taking the wedding dress down. "More comfortable now?"
"Much but you seem way overdressed."
He laughed and untied his bowtie. "That can be rectified." She undid the buttons on his shirt and slowly pulled down his pants.
She stared at his straining erection, "It seems someone is ready to go."
Chakotay stared down and said, "Only for you my dear."
She smiled and got down on her knees and enveloped him in hot mouth. Sucking up and down forcing the stiffness in the member even more so than was already evident.
"Goodness Kathryn, I can't last if you keep doing that."
Kathryn approached him in only her bra and underwear. He stared at the lacy white attire. "I've always looked good in white."
His lips met hers as she got as close to his body as she could. He looked down at her lithe body and wrapped his arms around to undue the clasps of her bra.
Her breasts bounded out and he looked at the beauty before him.
Her once pink nipples had taken on an almost cocoa hue as her body began preparing for the birth of their child.
It was really the only outward appearance that she was carrying a miracle.
He stared at her and began worshipping her breasts. She took a quick intake of breath as he touched the sensitive nipples.
"Don't stop; just be careful."
"Is it the only 'symptom' that you've been experiencing?"
She brought his hand down to feel her bloated belly. It had become more rounded. "I'm not showing but I feel the difference." She blushed, "And I do feel a little queasy in the mornings."
Chakotay stared at her concerned. "Why didn't you say anything to me?"
She looked at him. "Look at how you react to a little queasiness and sore breasts. There was no reason for me to worry you about nothing. The Doctor told me they were just the beginning of pregnancy symptoms. They'll get worse before the end and you will no doubt be privy to morning sickness and sore body parts from bloating; and worse caffeine withdrawal symptoms so just let me have the beginning indicators to myself."
Chakotay stared at his wife. "You know I love you right? I want to be a part of everything that this pregnancy has to offer good or bad."
She grinned, "We'll see what you have to say about that when I've gained 30 pounds and am large as a house."
"I hardly think that will happen."
She placed her hands on her belly where their child grew. "I need you to help me see this through Chakotay. I need to keep being me, keep being that Captain even if I'm pregnant."
Chakotay walked up to her. "I know, and I will help you in any way I can."
Kathryn fell into his embrace, "Right now… I need you. I need to feel like a woman. I need to feel like your wife."
He bent down and let his lips engage hers. He slowly took his boxers off and picked Kathryn's small form up to take her into the bedroom.
This was their wedding night and he was going to make it count.
He brought her into the bedroom. He had given the access code to Ensign Kim and had asked him to cover the bed with rose petals and set up chocolate fondue and strawberries.
Kathryn opened her eyes and saw their bedroom covered with Roses, and chocolate covered strawberries. He remembered they were her favourite.
She smiled at Chakotay. "How did you manage to get all this done? This was still my normal bedroom before I left for the marriage ceremony."
"I still have a few contacts."
She smiled, "Its lovely Chakotay." She looked into his eyes, "Thank you."
He laid her down on the bed and began his ministrations. He looked at the stomach just starting to show the most minute signs of his baby making her way to the world.
He rubbed her belly and made his way down to the clean space of her mound. He placed one finger then two inside her wet heat and began movements. He heard her moan.
Chakotay let his mouth lick around the areolas as he continued his movements inside her cave. He continued and he heard her breathing speed up as she got close to the precipice and finally she let go and he felt her muscles clench.
He felt his shaft get overly stiff as he got himself ready to enter her.
"You ready sweetheart?"
She nodded as he kissed her belly and then got ready to enter her.
She looked into his eyes as he entered her. "I love you Chakotay.
He smiled and showed her the dimples she loved, "I know and I love you too Kathryn."
They made love that night more times than many couples make love in a week.
The next morning they got up and went to the bridge. Tuvok was waiting for them. "Captain, Commander you ready to take Command again?"
Kathryn grinned, "Yes and thank you again Tuvok."
"Very well. Computer transfer command codes to Kathryn Janeway authorization phi-zeta-four."
The computer answered. "Command of U.S.S. Voyager is now under command of Captain Kathryn Janeway."
She smiled and went immediately to the center command chair. She saw the anomaly that looked familiar yet different. "Analysis, Mister Kim."
Harry stared at his readings "It's a class seventeen nebula. I'm detecting standard amounts of hydrogen, and helium, and seven thousand parts per million of sirillium."
B'Elanna stared at the Captain. "Captain, I recommend we use the Bussard collectors to gather the sirillium. They'll cut through that nebula like ice cream scoops."
Tom piped up, "I'm picking up a lot of plasmatic turbulence in there. It might be a bumpy ride."
Kathryn turned to look at Tuvok. "Tuvok, can you modify the shields to compensate?" All of a sudden she heard Tuvok's breathing become shallow and his hands began twitching.
Kathryn and Chakotay stared at each other confused. Kathryn turned to Tuvok, "Tuvok."
Chakotay turned away from Kathryn and looked to Tuvok, "Are you all right, Lieutenant?'
"I don't know. I'm experiencing dizziness and disorientation. Permission to go to sickbay."
"Granted."
[SICKBAY]
Tuvok ran to sickbay as he entered he collapsed his eyes staring wide at the Doctor silently asking for help.
Finally he looked to the Doctor and then to Kes. "I was holding a young girl by the hand, tying to prevent her from falling from a precipice. I was unable to keep my grip, and she fell to her death; and there is more. I had an emotional response: anxiety, fear. An almost irrational anger at myself for letting her fall."
Kes looked at him curious. "When did that happen?"
"It never happened. The girl was unfamiliar, and I've never been in that situation. It was me as a child, and it did seem like a memory, but I don't recall the incident."
The Doctor, smugness showing answered the question. "Well, it was definitely a traumatic episode. Your heart rate accelerated to three hundred beats per minute. Your adrenaline levels rose by one hundred thirteen percent and your neuroelectrical readings nearly jumped off the scale. If you were human, I'd say you had a severe panic attack."
"I am not human."
The Doctor rolled his eyes, "No kidding. I don't know what happened to you, but there can be any number of explanations. Hallucination, telepathic communication from another race, repressed memory, momentary contact with a parallel reality. Take your pick. The universe is such a strange place."
Kathryn walked up to the trio, "I'll have Mister Kim examine the sensor logs. Maybe our proximity to the nebula is affecting you somehow."
Finally the Doctor looked at the Captain and at Tuvok. "In the meantime, Lieutenant, you are free to go. All of your vital signs have returned to normal, and I don't see any residual systemic damage. But I want you to wear this neurocortical monitor. In case you have another episode, it'll record a complete encephalographic profile and alert sickbay at the same time."
The Doctor placed a cortical monitor behind Tuvok's ear and moved so that Tuvok could get ready to leave. Tuvok stares at the Doctor, "A wise precaution, Doctor. Thank you."
[ENGINEERING]
Finally Chakotay and Tuvok made their way to engineering to try and figure out why this was happening.
Chakotay stared at Tuvok, "Maybe you should try to forget what happened.
"It is difficult to forget when you're wearing a neurocortical monitor on your parietal bone."
He almost laughed at that, "Good point."
He turned to Harry looking for answers. "Mister Kim?"
"I checked all the sensor logs. There's no sign of anything emanating from the nebula that would have affected Tuvok or Voyager."
Chakotay was frustrated, "Anything unusual about the nebula itself?"
"No, it's a standard class seventeen."
Tuvok entered the conversation and started babbling about things that make no sense. Speaking about things that make sense in the Alpha Quadrant. Finally Chakotay pipe up, "Maybe you should go back to Sickbay. Tuvok?"
Tuvok looked at the Commander as if he was frightened. He had sweat on his brow and finally he collapsed. Chakotay caught him and dragged him to sickbay before anything more could happen.
[SICKBAY]
The Doctor was speaking with Janeway. "I think we may be dealing with a repressed memory. The memory engrams in the dorsal region of the hippocampus are being disrupted. It's causing physical damage to the surrounding tissue. In Vulcan medicine, this is known as t'lokan schism. It means that the subject is inhibiting a traumatic memory, which is beginning to resurface."
Kathryn looked confused and concerned. "And that's causing brain damage?"
The Doctor looked smugly at Janeway, "Strange, I know. In human subjects, repressed memories are nothing more than psychological traumas which can be dealt with, with standard therapeutic techniques; but in Vulcans, there is a physical reaction to the battle between the conscious and the unconscious. In extreme cases, the mind of the patient can literally lobotomise itself."
"What's the treatment?"
"There is no medical treatment for this condition. Vulcan psychocognitive research suggests that the patient initiate a mind-meld with a family member, and the two of them attempt to bring the repressed memory into the conscious mind."
Kathryn looked at the Doctor a glimmer of hope finally making itself known. "I'm the closest thing Tuvok has to a family member on this ship."
Kathryn had a bad feeling and placed her hand on her belly. "That's why I've asked you to come. He has a request to make of you."
Kathryn stared at the Doctor. "Are there any chances of it hurting me?"
"I'm not sure we have to wait and see what he has in mind."
Tuvok is sat on the biobed, eyes closed meditating.
Janeway walked up to Tuvok, he sensed her approach. "Did the doctor explain the situation to you?"
"Yes. Tuvok, are you sure it's the right thing to do?"
Tuvok began the explanation and Kathryn listened trying to figure out what she was getting herself into, "I don't know how else to proceed. The Doctor tells me that this is a memory. And yet, no matter how hard I try, I cannot remember. If the Doctor is correct, if this is an experience I pushed into my unconscious mind, it could be very dangerous to me, even life-threatening. I realise it's asking a great deal of you, Captain, and I did consider turning to one of the Vulcans on the ship, but this meld would be more intimate than most. A family member is normally chosen because of the implicit trust that usually exists. On this ship, I trust you more than anyone else."
Finally when Kathryn realized what was in store for her she answered. "Whatever happens, I'll be there for you, Tuvok. I'll help you get through this."
"I will initiate the meld and attempt to access the memory fragment. Once that has been accomplished, you will act as my pyllora."
"Your pyllora?"
He explained exactly what was expected of her. She drew in a deep breath. "When do we start?"
"I will need time to prepare. Please return in one hour."
Kathryn stared at him, "I need to speak with the Commander anyway."
[JANEWAY QUARTERS]
Chakotay looked her incredulously. "Absolutely not. You are not doing this and putting yourself and our child in danger."
"You said you wouldn't stand in the way of me being Captain if I went through with this pregnancy."
"I also told you I'd keep you safe."
They were once again at an impasse. "I need to do this for Tuvok. I have known him and he has been my friend for too long."
"What about me? You married me –"
"Against Tuvok's better judgment and I'm wondering if he was right."
Chakotay drew in a deep breath and stared at his wife. "Does he know you're pregnant? Because if he did I don't think he'd ask this of you."
"We decided to do this together and to not tell the crew before it became glaringly obvious."
Chakotay sighed, "If you do this I want the Doctor to stop whatever it is that's going on if it becomes too dangerous."
Kathryn nodded. "I'll make sure that happens."
[SICKBAY]
One hour later, Tuvok and Janeway are sitting opposite each other in chairs, in the surgery bay. Tuvok and Janeway are both wearing cortical monitors. A precaution the Doctor had insisted upon.
The Doctor walked up to the officers. "We're ready when you are, Captain. If you're sure you want to do this."
Tuvok put his hands to the Captain's temples. "Your mind to my mind. Your thoughts to my thoughts. I am taking us back, back to the boy that I was, the boy lying on the precipice."
They arrived on the Excelsior Bridge and their minds were linked. Tuvok stared at his Captain and oldest friend. "Why didn't you tell me?"
Kathryn bowed her head, "Would you have let me go through with it if you knew?"
Later in sickbay as Chakotay watched from the corner exactly what he had feared happened.
Kes stared at the Doctor, "Doctor, what's happening?"
"Their memory engrams are destabilising. Something must be going wrong with the mind-meld. I'm going to bring them out of it."
"It's not working."
"Their neural patterns appear to be locked together. I can't break the meld. The damage to his synaptic patterns is accelerating. At this rate, he'll be brain dead in twenty minutes. Get me a cortical stimulator!"
Chakotay watched helpless as his life shattered before his eyes. "Doctor you have to save her. If it's her or the baby save her we can make another baby."
The Doctor nodded and placed something on Tuvok's forehead.
"I've programmed a cortical stimulator to emit thoron radiation. We'll bombard his telepathic cortex. That should be enough to terminate the meld. We'll begin with a twenty kilo dyne burst of five second duration on my mark. Now. It's working. Their neural patterns are starting to separate. My God!"
Chakotay goes up to where Kathryn and Tuvok are fused in the mind meld. "What is it?"
"Is that a third memory engram? How's that possible? Save her Doctor."
"So you're saying it's a virus."
The Doctor looked at the Commander. "I think so. The thoron radiation must have caused it to manifest itself. Increasing the radiation levels should destroy it." He turned to Chakotay, "I'm sorry Commander."
He turned back to Kes, "Go to forty kilo dynes, ten second burst. Now."
Chakotay looked on helpless as the Doctor pumped radiation into his wife. "Save her please!"
The Doctor smiled, "It's working. The mind-meld is almost broken and the radiation appears to be killing the virus. Increase thoron levels to –"
The monitor beeped and Chakotay was beside himself. "What the hell is going on Doctor?"
"The virus is migrating. It's embedding itself in the captain's brain. Cortical stimulator!"
He took the device from Kes, "Program a fifty kilo dyne burst, five second duration on my mark. Now."
Chakotay heard a beep and then watched motionless as the cortical monitors pumped the radiation in the two officers brains.
The Doctor looked to the distraught commander, "The virus protein structures are breading down. It's dying."
He turned to Kes, "Increase thoron radiation to eighty kilo dynes, fifteen seconds. Now."
The meld is finally broken and Chakotay rushes up to his wife who has finally come out of the stupor.
"It's clearly a viral parasite of some kind but its origin and genome classification are not on record."
Kes looked at the Captain and Commander. "We were able to kill it using thoron radiation."
Kathryn put a hand to her belly and felt like crying. "Am I still pregnant?"
The Doctor looked at her, "Yes you have one very stubborn little girl in there."
She breathed a sigh of relief. "So there should be no more problems with her?"
"Not that I foresee but you have to think about more than just you now. You can't go taking reckless chances."
Tuvok walked up to his oldest friend and her husband. "If I had known, I never would have asked this of her."
Chakotay stared at him, "She should have known better. She knew she was pregnant and took the risk anyway."
The Captain did not like getting talked about as if she wasn't there. "Am I free to leave Doctor?"
The Doctor shook his head, "Yes but I want you and Commander Chakotay to be careful over the next few days. No bridge duty."
Kathryn knew when she had been beaten. "Yes Doctor."
[JANEWAY QUARTERS]
The couple walked into their quarters. "We almost lost you Kathryn. You can't go taking risks like that anymore. I told the Doctor if it was you or the baby he had to save you."
Kathryn felt herself getting angry. "How can you say that? It's my daughter."
"And we can always make another baby we can't make another you."
Kathryn was seething. "It might not even be your baby, not yet anyway."
Chakotay shook his head. "What?"
"When we were on Hannon I met the Guardian of Forever. I went to the future and had sex with him before we ever got together."
Chakotay shook his head. "So what would you have done if you had ended up pregnant and we didn't end up together?"
Kathryn was mad now. "Can you picture me offering myself to you and you saying no?"
"That's not the point Kathryn."
She shook her head. "That is exactly the point. You chased me around for two years. And then we ended up on New Earth and I realized my mistake."
"And why didn't you tell me?"
They stared at each other. "I couldn't. Not without knowing for sure how you'd react. If you had turned me down I would not have been able to handle it."
"So you approached a future me without any risk."
"It was a calculated risk and I took it."
"Damn it Kathryn –"
Kathryn drew in a deep pained breath and laid a hand on her abdomen. A cramp overtook her and she doubled over in pain. "No… not again."
Chakotay stared at her frightened and made a call over his combadge. "Chakotay to Paris. Can you come to the Captain's quarters, I think she's losing the baby."
He heard a hesitation and then heard B'Elanna tell him to go. "I'll be right there Commander. Paris out."
Kathryn looked at Chakotay through frightened blue eyes. "I am so sorry."
END PART 2
TBC IN PART 3